Traffic marker



Jan. 8 1929. 1,698,150

c. M. c. BAIRD TRAFFIC MARKER Filed Dec. 16, 1927 WFM 10 exerting restoring effort. I The bars 8 also serve as anchoring); means Patented Jan. 8,1fi29. i i 1,698,150

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

TRAFFIC MARKER.

Application filedDecember 16, 1927. Serial No. 340,483.

This invention relates to trafi'ic markers of a bar 4 passing through the tube and pinch the kind which may be placed in a coning that part of it in the recess 2 by coaction spicuous position on a road in the path of with shculders 5 of the block at the sides of 5 travel and are resilient to allow vehicles to the recess. The bar l. is held in its tube pass thereover without injury to the markers. gripping position by bolts 6. The heads 7 of The object of the invention is to provide a thebolts bear on bar 4:, and the bolts extend niarlrer of class which is freely collap'sthrough the block 3, with their lower ends in ihle and in which, when in collapsed form, threaded engagement with bars 8 at the the resilient material throughout its body is lower side of the block.

It is also an object of the invention to profor the device, as they extend outwardly into vide a collapsible rubber sign in which the the pavement at each side of block 3. The fleXure and wearof the material thereof, is supporting block is preferably provided 60 not confined to limited areas but is well diswith an aluminum sheathing 9 and is'cetributed. mented into the pavement so that its upper Another purpose of the invention is to insurface is substantially flush therewith as crease the usefulness of resilient trafiic marlrindicated in Fig. 3. V ers by the form and mounting thereof which In operation, when the marker is collapsed 65 enables repositioning of the markers in their against the pavement by vehicles passing supports, and therefore, the use of different thereover, both of its side walls, and to some parts of their surfaces for bearing the letextent its entire body, are displaced from tering. normal positiomand being of rubber, exert These objects are accomplished by a cona very considerable restoring effort when re- 7 struction as shown in the drawings in which: leased. There is, therefore, considerable ad- Figure 1 is a plan view of the traffic vantage in this tubular type of marker.

marker. I claim: Y

Fig. 2 is a central longitudinal sectional V 1. The traific marker comprising a collapsview' a ible resilient tube bearing a sign and means 7 Fig. 3 is a transverse sectional view, taken for securing and anchoring said tube in horion the line 3-3 of Fig, 1, zontal position to a pavement.

The principal. feature of this invention is 2. A traflic marker comprising a collapsin the use of a sign bearing element which is ble open ended rubber tube bearing a i n, of tubular form, horizontally disposechcoland means forsecuring and anchoring said 'lapsible, and resilient. For this purpose tube in horizontal position to a pavement. heavy rubber tubing is employed. The tube A tl merkel comprising a coll'aps is clamped to a support which in turn is set lble resilient tube bearing a sign and means into a pavement, leaving; the tube extending for Securing and anchoring said tube to a horizontally above the pavement conspioupavement, said means comprising a support.- 5 ously in view of approaching drivers. Due ing block having a concave surface for red i 40 to the colla sible and resilient nature of the ceiving the tube and a clamping lTlEHll'iCl sesign bearing; tube, it may be run down by cured to said blockand passing through the Vehicles {111d Will at 01106 return to its fiitube above the center of the concave surface nal indicating position. of the block.

As shown in the drawings, the open ended Signed at Chicago this 13th day of Dwa rubber tube 1 is seated'in a concave recess 2 ber, 1927. in the upper surface of a supporting block 3.

The tube is clamped to the block by means of i CA SSI U S M. CLAY BAIRD. 

